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Suggest Therapy For Anxiety And Depression Followed By Insomnia

Hey my name is Jonathan and I m 23 years old. I am medically retired from the marines for sever PTSD, anxiety, depression, and insomnia. After my first deployment to Afghanistan in December of 2011 I started to see a therapist for help. Right away they diagnosed me with the issues and put me on medication. The therapist constantly changed my medication all the time to the point where no doctor will give me medication because I ve been on just about all of them. I stopped taking medication from doctors because the last time i was prescribed medication they put me on cogentin and klonopin which caused me to go in to, what i think is a neurological coma for about 5 days and don t remember anything. I don t trust doctors that much after that, but i still see a therapist once a week just to talk to someone. I ve voluntarily went to inpatient programs to get help and nothing has worked. I don t feel like I m getting any better just worse. On top of all the issues i mentioned I constantly sweat, i get hot flashes, cold sweats, very weak, can t hold food down, always feel uneasy, headaches and migraines everyday. Ive been to so many doctors that try to just give me meds and when they mention a medication i know more about the medication then they do. Im not taking meds from someone that called a doctor when i know more then they do. Im 23 no longer allowed to work a job i feel awful and have no idea what to do.
Fri, 15 May 2015
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Thanks for writing.In your case diagnosis is not confirmed , it seems as if it is a case of PTSD only. In this case medications are not very helpful ,they are good to give you symptomatic relief such as in case of insomnia ,anxiety etc. It would be better if you consult a trained Psychotherapist along with the Psychiatrist.As soon as you recovered from PTSD all above symptoms will be automatically diminished.
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Suggest Therapy For Anxiety And Depression Followed By Insomnia

Thanks for writing.In your case diagnosis is not confirmed , it seems as if it is a case of PTSD only. In this case medications are not very helpful ,they are good to give you symptomatic relief such as in case of insomnia ,anxiety etc. It would be better if you consult a trained Psychotherapist along with the Psychiatrist.As soon as you recovered from PTSD all above symptoms will be automatically diminished.